[BARC-List] Tornado at Deerfield?

[Bill Ricker]

>> It looks like the tornado that hit Epson, NH earlier today came pretty
>> close to the Deerfield Fairgrounds. Does anyone know if there was damage
>> there?


On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Dan Malloy <djmalloy at mwisp.net> replied:
> I doubt it.  I checked my DeLorme mapbook.  Deerfield is SE of Epsom, where
> most of the damage was, according to yesterday's news reports.  Today's
> Metro said most of the damage was in a line that went from Epsom to New
> Durham, which would take it NE across Pittsfield and Barnstead.

Yes, line extended across the state and into Maine. See
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080724_rpts.html .

Deerfield isn't that far from Epsom.  Deerfield town was included in damage .
Original report was
1140 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DEERFIELD               43.15N 71.22W
07/24/2008                   ROCKINGHAM         NH   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KGYX/0807241616.nwus51.html

final verdict was

1138 AM     TORNADO          5 NW DEERFIELD          43.20N 71.29W
07/24/2008                   ROCKINGHAM         NH   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 1 FATAL *** TREES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED. CONFIRMED
            BY NWS STORM SURVEY. EF MAGNITUDE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KGYX/0807251617.nwus51.html

I don't know about fairgrounds, but a ham in Deerfield lost a buch of towers.
-- 
Bill
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